The POWER cluster project is constituted of four work packages which targets the core challenges to offshore wind energy (OWE). These challenges are identified as; social acceptance of offshore wind energy, transnational cooperation of businesses in the offshore wind industry and development of human resources in and for the offshore wind industry (OWI). A multinational cluster on offshore wind shall emerge as the fourth work package to bind the three above mentioned challenges together and further develop the North Sea Region (NSR) as the hotspot of excellence for OWE.